2020–21 Real Betis season
# 2020–21 Real Betis season

The 2020–21 season was the 113th season in the existence of Real Betis and the club's sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Real Betis participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

## Players

### First-team squad

    As of 11 February 2021.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Joel Robles |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Martín Montoya |
| 3 | MF | ESP | Víctor Camarasa |
| 4 | MF | CIV | Paul Akouokou |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Marc Bartra |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Victor Ruiz |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Juanmi |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Nabil Fekir |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Borja Iglesias |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Sergio Canales |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Cristian Tello |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Sidnei |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Dani Martín |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | POR | William Carvalho |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Álex Moreno |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Loren Morón |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Joaquín (captain) |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Andrés Guardado (3rd captain) |
| 20 | FW | MEX | Diego Lainez |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Guido Rodríguez |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Emerson (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Aïssa Mandi (vice-captain) |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Aitor Ruibal |
| 25 | GK | CHI | Claudio Bravo |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Juan Miranda (on loan from Barcelona) |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Rodri |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Daniel Rebollo |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Carlos Marín |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Fran Delgado |
| 37 | DF | ESP | Geovanni Barba |
| 38 | DF | ESP | José Calderón |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | DF | ESP | Edgar González (at Oviedo until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ESP | Ricardo Visus (at Córdoba B until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Rober (at Las Palmas until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 June 2020 | Liberto Beltrán | Lleida Esportiu | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Víctor Camarasa | Alavés | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Aitor Ruibal | Leganés | Loan return | Loan return |
| 21 July 2020 | Juanjo Narváez | Las Palmas | Loan return | Loan return |
| 24 July 2020 | Julio Gracia | Badajoz | Loan return | Loan return |
| 3 August 2020 | Antonio Sanabria | Genoa | Loan return | Loan return |
| 17 August 2020 | Francis Guerrero | Almería | Loan return | Loan return |
| 17 August 2020 | Wilfrid Kaptoum | Almería | Loan return | Loan return |
| 25 August 2020 | Martín Montoya | Brighton & Hove Albion | Transfer | Free |
| 30 August 2020 | Claudio Bravo | Manchester City | Transfer | Free |
| 31 August 2020 | Victor Ruiz | Beşiktaş | Transfer | Free |
| 3 October 2020 | Ismael Gutiérrez | Alavés | Loan return | Loan return |
| 5 October 2020 | Juan Miranda | Barcelona | Loan | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 July 2020 | Carles Aleñá | Barcelona | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Alfonso Pedraza | Villarreal | Loan return | Loan return |
| 4 August 2020 | Giovani Lo Celso | Tottenham Hotspur | Buyout clause | €32M |
| 17 August 2020 | Julio Gracia | Getafe B | Transfer | Free |
| 18 August 2020 | Liberto Beltrán | Albacete | Transfer | Free |
| 18 August 2020 | Zouhair Feddal | Sporting CP | Transfer | Free |
| 19 August 2020 | Javi García | Boavista | Transfer | Free |
| 3 September 2020 | Edgar González | Oviedo | Loan | Loan |
| 4 September 2020 | Juanjo Narváez | Zaragoza | Transfer | Free |
| 3 October 2020 | Ismael Gutiérrez | Atlético Madrid B | Transfer | €1M |
| 4 October 2020 | Antonio Barragán | Elche | Transfer | Free |
| 5 October 2020 | Wilfrid Kaptoum | New England Revolution | Free | Free |
| 19 October 2020 | Francis Guerrero | Free agent | - | - |
| 31 January 2021 | Antonio Sanabria | Torino | Transfer | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 13 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 50 | +0 | 044.74 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 December 2020 | 4 February 2021 | First round | Quarter-finals | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 048.84 |

Source: Soccerway

### La Liga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Sevilla | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Real Betis | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Villarreal | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 8 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 53 | |

* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team, Villareal.
* ↑ Villarreal qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa Conference League play-off round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: La Liga

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

    Last updated 22 May 2021.

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Joel Robles | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Dani Martín | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | CHI | Claudio Bravo | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Martín Montoya | 8 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Marc Bartra | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz | 31 | 2 | 24+3 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Sidnei | 15 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Álex Moreno | 25 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Emerson | 38 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Aïssa Mandi | 32 | 3 | 27+1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Fran Delgado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Juan Miranda | 25 | 2 | 18+4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | ESP | Víctor Camarasa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | CIV | Paul Akouokou | 13 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Sergio Canales | 34 | 10 | 28+3 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | POR | William Carvalho | 30 | 2 | 12+15 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Andrés Guardado | 27 | 1 | 17+7 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Guido Rodríguez | 38 | 2 | 34+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Rodri | 19 | 1 | 5+10 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Juanmi | 20 | 4 | 5+11 | 2 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Nabil Fekir | 38 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Borja Iglesias | 32 | 13 | 15+13 | 11 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Cristian Tello | 33 | 5 | 12+17 | 5 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Loren | 27 | 1 | 9+17 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Joaquín | 30 | 2 | 16+11 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Yassin Fekir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | MEX | Diego Lainez | 25 | 0 | 8+13 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Aitor Ruibal | 30 | 2 | 21+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club either permanently or on loan ||||||||||
| 19 | FW | PAR | Antonio Sanabria | 20 | 3 | 10+6 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 22 May 2021

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Borja Iglesias | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Sergio Canales | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | Cristian Tello | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 8 | Nabil Fekir | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 7 | Juanmi | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 23 | Aïssa Mandi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 19 | Antonio Sanabria | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 24 | Aitor Ruibal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 17 | Joaquín | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 6 | Víctor Ruiz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 14 | William Carvalho | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 21 | Guido Rodríguez | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 33 | Juan Miranda | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 22 | Emerson | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | 18 | Andrés Guardado | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 2 | Martín Montoya | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | 16 | Loren | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 28 | Rodri | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 11 | 61 |
